The true art of writing is to let a story pour out of you in all of its awful glory and work on it until you’re happy with it. That’s it. That’s writing.

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J.J. Patrick works as an independent investigative journalist covering national and international stories. Though he covers hard-hitting, in-depth topics, he is not contracted to a newspaper or other media outlet and his work is free from editorial or political slant.

“For as little as £1 a month or £12 a year, you can help James continue his vital work and ensure that balanced, factual articles are making their way to readers worldwide.”

Journalism like this is crucial in a fast moving world of so-called fake news and alternative facts and James’ only funding for his free to access content comes from you, the reader.

For as little as £1 a month or £12 a year, you can help James continue his vital work and ensure that balanced, factual articles are making their way to readers worldwide.

You can support him directly through PayPal, with either one off or monthly donations, or through his column, Alternative War, at Byline on their funding platform.

You can also donate to James’ Bitcoin wallet: 1LRnekPBtYQAzvP7dVdQpRjAqXSMvihZzB

“In real terms that’s a handful of people paying the same as they would for many daily tabloids once a month, or a third of a cup of coffee.”

Transparency is central to James’ philosophy and to be able to produce high quality, international articles such as the #skada series, he has set targets which facilitate his full-time work and cover the production and travel costs.

His aim is to achieve a minimum of £6,000 per month in subscriptions, to ensure he can chase the stories wherever they lead whenever they need to be pursued. In real terms that’s a handful of people paying the same as they would for many daily tabloids once a month, or a third of a cup of coffee.

So far, his Byline funding figures are beginning to grow, but the direct support through PayPal has been the most successful due to the ease of access. He commenced his funding efforts on the 13th of April 2017.

A full breakdown of the PayPal funding*, which unlike the Byline funding is not shown elsewhere, currently stands as follows:

Annual Target: £72,000

Funded: £637.00

% Funded: 0.88%

Monthly Target: £6,000 from 6,000 Subscribers

Number of Subscribers: 7

Monthly Subscription Value: £336

% Funded: 5.6%

% Subscribed: 0.1%

*These figures will be updated weekly or immediately in the event of significant change.

“His aim is to achieve a minimum of £6,000 per month in subscriptions, to ensure he can chase the stories wherever they lead whenever they need to be pursued.”